2022–23 Champions Hockey League
The 2022–23 Champions Hockey League will be the eighth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament is competed by 32 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues will be represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" will be to be represented by one team each.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 September 2022 – 18 February 2023[1] |
| Teams | 32 |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → | |
Team allocation
A total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues will participate in the 2022–23 Champions Hockey League. Besides the Continental Cup champions, 24 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine can qualify. Belarusian teams were not invited to participate due to the current political situation in Belarus.[2]
The qualification criteria for national leagues is based on the following rules:[3]
- CHL champions
- National league champions (play-off winners)
- Regular season winners
- Regular season runners-up
- Regular season third-placed team
- Regular season fourth-placed team
- Regular season fifth-placed team
Note: the national league champions of the United Kingdom are determined following the regular season.[4]
Teams
On 12 January 2022 it was decided that the 2021–22 season would not be accounted for in the league ranking and the status at the end of the 2019–20 season was taken into consideration to allocate places for the season.[5]
Notes
- ^ Sweden (SWE): Luleå HF may qualify as the 2021–22 SHL champions. If they win the league play-offs, Växjö Lakers will qualify as the 2021–22 SHL regular season fifth team.
- ^
- ^ Ukraine (UKR): Against the background of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, it remains unclear the possibility of a team from Ukraine participating.[6]
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1][7]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 25 May 2022[7] | 1–2 September 2022 | |
| Matchday 2 | 3–4 September 2022 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 8–9 September 2022 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 10–11 September 2022 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 4–5 October 2022 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 11–12 October 2022 | |||
| Playoff | Round of 16 | TBA | 15–16 November 2022 | 22–23 November 2022 |
| Quarter-finals | 6–7 December 2022 | 13 December 2022 | ||
| Semi-finals | 10–11 January 2023 | 17–18 January 2023 | ||
| Final | 18 February 2023 | |||
Group stage
For the group stage, the teams will be drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams. Each team will play home and away against every other team for a total of six games. The best two teams will qualify to the round of 16.
The draw of the group stage will take place on 25 May 2022 in Tampere, Finland at 16:00 CEST.[7]
Notes
References
- "Playing dates 2022/23". championshockeyleague.com. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- "CHL board decision". championshockeyleague.com. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- "Qualification criteria updated for 2019/20". championshockeyleague.com. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- "The CHL Format". championshockeyleague.com. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- "Adjustments to the league ranking". www.championshockeyleague.com. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- "Race for 2022-23". www.championshockeyleague.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- "CHL group stage draw on 25 May, season starts 1 September". championshockeyleague.com. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.